This conference, supported by industry opinion leaders and exhibitors will take place in Paris January 21, 22, 2009. The event provides a unique opportunity to not only update on state of the art scientific developments but also to do business with like minded people in the drug packaging and drug delivery business. The location is [...]
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MIT Researchers In Gold Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Breakthrough
A team lead by Kimberly Hamad-Schifferli, assistant professor of biological and mechanical engineering at MIT has discovered a method to use gold particles and infrared to release multiple drugs in a systematic and controlled manner. This is of particular importance when treating diseases like cancer and AIDS which require multi drug and coordinated dosage cocktails. [...]
*rant* HIV / AIDS In South Africa – Show Me The Money!
South Africa has the dubious privilege of being the worlds most populous nation per capita to be infected with the HIV virus. For years the Mbeki regime decided to go against leading researchers and continuously questioned the connection between the HIV virus and it’s natural vulgar and deadly path to AIDS. They shunned anti retro [...]
Pharmaceutical Sales Rep Calls And Sales Force Effectiveness – The Trend
There is an interesting article in PharmaLive which suggests that physicians are more satisfied now than before with the lower frequency of sales calls. In data published by SDIHealth, Pfizer was ranked number 1 in traditional detailing. Actually very few physicians or other health care professional object to sales calls as long as the calls [...]
SME Biotechnology Companies Hit By Economic Events – Not Others Though
There is no doubt that the economic recession which has now touched all parts of the world is taking it’s toll on most industries. One of the most resilient however is the healthcare industry. Sibaya LifeScience! recently interviewed several companies supplying services to “big pharma” in the form of contract manufacturing – especially drug delivery [...]
New FDA Publication – Guidance for Industry: Process Validation: General Principles and Practices
The United States FDA has just issued a new Guidance for Industry: Process Validation: General Principles and Practices This is an important new proposed guideline document and the FDA is inviting comments within 60 days of it being published in the register. Our initial observations at Sibaya LifeScience! are: Aligning process validation activities with the [...]
Health Robotics And Devon International Agreement On Cytocare (TM)
(Here is a good example of how robotics in Lifesciences can both increasingly achieve cost efficiencies but also enhanced safety and regulatory compliance (see previous post from Sibaya at Emballage 2008.) Health Robotics and Devon International Group have entered into an agreement where DIG and ITOCHU have acquired substantial exclusive manufacturing, marketing and other rights [...]
BD (Becton Dickinson) On A Roll
While many business are slashing dividends BD continues to increase their dividend for the 36th continuous year. They also announced a stock repurchase program. “This marks the 36th consecutive year of BD dividend increases. We continue to generate strong cash flow, allowing us to return significant dollars to our shareholders while continuing to make investments [...]
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